I have written before about my disgust with Twitter. Now they have legal troubles too. Not civil law either, criminal prosecution.

I don't do Twitter but some think that a majority of the accounts there are fakes. If that is true, I don't think their business can survive the revelations.

"New York's chief prosecutor says the state is opening an investigation into a firm that allegedly sold millions of fake followers to social media users.

"Impersonation and deception are illegal under New York law," said Eric Schneiderman.
The company, Devumi, stands accused of stealing real people's identities, which it denies, according to the New York Times.

The paper linked the "follower factory" to a host of celebrity accounts."

I have written before about my disgust with Twitter. Now they have legal troubles too. Not civil law either, criminal prosecution.

I don't do Twitter but some think that a majority of the accounts there are fakes. If that is true, I don't think their business can survive the revelations.

"New York's chief prosecutor says the state is opening an investigation into a firm that allegedly sold millions of fake followers to social media users.

"Impersonation and deception are illegal under New York law," said Eric Schneiderman.
The company, Devumi, stands accused of stealing real people's identities, which it denies, according to the New York Times.

The paper linked the "follower factory" to a host of celebrity accounts."